Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-31
RIVALRY.
The Republicans will Introduce Tariff
Bill Much the Same SIS That
Of the Democrats.
Senator Cuuo m Viii Provide for the Trans.
mission of Press Matter In BIS
Postal TeIs graph Bill.
A REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-Representa-
tive Brown of Indiana, who was q men,
Der Of the ways and means committee lsst
Congress, and will again be assigned to
that committee, is preparing tariff bill
which he proposes TO submit to his COL
legaes On the Republican side of the
House for their approval as substitute
for any tariff bill the Democrats may
bring in. He thinks there is chance of
the Democrats bringing into the House a
tariff bill Of such character that the Re-
publicans cannot afford to vote against
1t. and then whatever credit accrued
from the measure would go to
the Democrats. He proposes that the
Republicans can claim that they first
made the suggestion. He has not his
bill entirely ready yet, but he expects to
complete it in time 10 submit it to his
party friends and get it to the ways and
means committee before they have time
to report bill. In character 1t will not
differ widely from what is liable to be
taken by the Democrats as q compromise.
1t will propose the repeal CT the tobacco
tax and of the entire duty On
sugar, salt and lumber. 1t will
reduce the duty on some
grades OF wool or probsbly place the
coarser grades Of wool on the free list.
The aim will be TO take the tax off arti-
Giles entering into every day consumption
IS far as possible without disturbing
(oeeded) protection.
John W. Goodwin is registered at the
National.
AMEND THE BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec so Senator Cul-
lom will introduce an amendment to his
postal telegraph bill Immediately after
the reessembling of Congress, changing
the rates named in the original bill,
more especially for the transmission of
press matter. While he believes Con-
sress ought to prescribe rates for the use
Of government wires as it prescribes
rates for the use of mails instead of leav-
ing it to the discretion of cflicials, yet
the rates named in his bill
were designed merely as sugges-
tion to the committee which should
have the bill IN charge. With subsequent
study and with information which has
come to him from many sources he has
reached the conclusion there ought TO be
no difference upon government lines be-
tween service Of the same character rem
dered to evening papers snd that to morn
ing papers. He says he appreciates the
weight of the reason which leads
private companies to charge more
for day than for night service,
namely, the fact that the wires are in
greater demand for commercial messages
at higher rates during the hours from 10
3. m. to or in the afternoon, but he
believes such reasons should not operate
as regards government lines and that the
government should have no preferred
charges as to rates Of ike classes OF
business or as to the order of transmits
sion. The rates to be named in his
amendment are based upon q
reunit of ten words or frac-
ton thereof and are as follows:
for 500 miles or less, 20 cents; between
500 and 1000 miles, 80 cents; between
1000 end 1900 miles, 80 cents; between
1000 and 5000 miles, 45 cents, and for
more than 5000 miles so cents. When
more than one copy Of the same dispatch
is sent to different newspapers at the
same as st different Offices the Postmss-
ter General is to prescribe the rates to be
charged for the other copies.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 36.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day:
Mexican War-William I. Cross, Fort
Graham; John W. Shrode-,' Shippers;
Robert Henderson Griflin Colorado City;
Moore 81. Jay, San Patricio; Harris
Rhodes, Homes; Davis Dyer, Wills
Point,